TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has appointed three new members to the country’s Supreme Council of Spatial Planning, Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday. In a decree, the president appointed Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari as new members of the council. Rouhani said he […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has appointed three new members to the country’s Supreme Council of Spatial Planning, Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday.

In a decree, the president appointed Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari as new members of the council.

Rouhani said he chose the three ministers because of their “competence, commitment and experiences.”

He also called on the new members of the council to use all their scientific and technical abilities to advance spatial planning systems.